“Best of all he loved the fall … the fall with the tawny and grey, the leaves yellow on the cottonwoods, leaves floating on the trout streams and above the hills the high blue windless skies" ~ Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway wrote this of our community and his words are so very fitting. There is no more spectacular season in Sun Valley, Idaho than the Fall.
In anticipation of fall, we spent the last day of summer up in the mountains communing with nature. The Bug got some fishing in with his Grandpa and we all walked to a beautiful waterfall. The Cat collected rocks, inspected a dead mouse, and found her usual collection of sticks. The Bug found a skeletal jaw bone (he thinks it is a dinocaur but I am betting on a cow) with teeth attached. The moon was a crescent in the blue sky and I took the opportunity to explain fractions to The Bug. He said "look mommy, it's a half moon". I told him it was a quarter moon and found a stick on the hiking trail to break in half then quarters. Such a simple way to learn fractions! He got it right off the bat. After getting home and cleaned up, we headed to one of the nicer steakhouses in town and the kids showed perfect table manners.... or as close to perfect as a 3 and 4 year old can get.
Learning comes so naturally to young children. Making every day a day that more knowledge is gained is the healthiest way to fuel the young mind.
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